Every single one-day-at-a-time day is a struggle, particularly around the holidays - specifically and especially around Christmas. The Weekly Volcano knows there are seven habits to becoming a highly effective person, 50 ways to leave your lover and 12 steps to sobriety. But after years and years as a recovering believer in Santa Claus, we have to ask, "When will it end?" We can't let it go. Oh we did let go for a brief period at age 9 after coming down the stairs and seeing Smokey in our house made us think the house was on fire. We immediately fell to the ground doing our best "stop, drop and roll." Then neighbor Bob took the head off his Smokey the Bear outfit.  Anyway,  to inject a little spirit and a lot of youth in our veins, we're headed to the Freighthouse Square Saturday for its annual Family Holiday Event featuring $5 Santa photos, holiday craft bazaar, Lego display, carolers, DIY craft tables, Winter Wonderland Model Train exhibit and more.

FREIGHTHOUSE SQUARE, SATURDAY, DEC. 8, 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M., RAINIER ROOM, 2501 E. D ST., Tacoma, 253.305.0678